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青菜

青菜

Chinese

		green (blue, black); Qinghai province (abbrev.)	dish (type of food); vegetables
simp. and trad. (青菜)		青	菜

Noun

青菜

Derived terms

上海青菜
小青菜

青江菜 (qīngjiāngcài)

Etymology

From 青 (qīng, “green”) + 菜 (cài, “vegetable”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): qīngcài

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄥㄘㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceng¹ coi³, cing¹ coi³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiâng-chhoi
Min Nan (POJ): chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: qīngcài
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄥㄘㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chingtsay
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceng¹ coi³, cing¹ coi³
  - Yale: chēng choi, chīng choi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tseng¹ tsoi³, tsing¹ tsoi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/, /t͡sʰɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːi̯³³/
  - Note: ceng1 coi3 - vernacular; cing1 coi3 - literary.
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiâng-chhoi
  - Hakka Romanization System: qiang´ coi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiang¹ coi⁴
  - IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯aŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo̯i⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chheⁿ-chhài / chhiⁿ-chhài
  - Tâi-lô: tshenn-tshài / tshinn-tshài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhvezhaix, chvizhaix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰẽ³³ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ³³ t͡sʰaɪ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰaɪ²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/, /t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰaɪ²¹/